Legal Opinion
Leday v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 16, 1998No. 1125-97PublishedCited by 1,090 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · WomackWomack, J.
in which OVERSTREET, MEYERS, MANSFIELD, PRICE, and HOLLAND, JJ., joined.
This case calls for us to reconsider the effect of a defendant’s admissions of guilt at the guilt stage and at the punishment stage of a bifurcated trial — the so-called “curative admissibility” and “DeGarmo ” doctrines.
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The appellant was indicted for possession of 28 grams or more of cocaine, a felony which at the time of the offense (November 24, 1993) was punishable by confinement for life or a term of 5 to 99 years and a fine not to exceed $50,000.1 His motion to suppress the cocaine and testimony about it, on…
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